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ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Approximately 98% of Americans have detectable levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their blood. These “forever chemicals” have been recognized as emerging contaminants in…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Honeybees are indispensable pollinators, contributing 80% of crop pollination and $183 billion to the global economy annually. Unfortunately, in the US, beekeepers lose 40-50% of commercial…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 is a powerful technology used for gene editing. While this method has opened many opportunities for scientific advance…
ISEF · 2025
Biochemistry
Over the past decade, there has been an increased demand for blood transfusions and in January 2024, the American Red Cross declared a national emergency due to the shortage of blood, record…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Many consumer sunscreens contain potentially harmful chemicals to freshwater environments such as endocrine disruptors and carcinogens. Exposure to UV-filters has, over time, been shown to a…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
Assessing the salt tolerance of different Colocasia esculenta (taro) varieties and cultivars is crucial due to increasing saltwater intrusion in low-lying plantations in American Samoa, wher…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
The concept of fractional order derivatives, where the order s is not constrained to nonnegative integers, has long been a subject of significant interest. Various definitions, such as the R…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
With missions to the Moon planned for the near future, a significant amount of lunar research is being conducted, including finding a reliable food source (plants) to allow for permanent lun…
ISEF · 2025
Embedded Systems
In a world where the shift to electric vehicles is growing exponentially, reliable charging infrastructure is vital to sustain current and future demand. Current charging infrastructure is u…
ISEF · 2025
Systems Software
Over 700 Million adults in the world lack basic literacy and skills to be able to effectively use a simple application on their smartphone. Even if these applications are designed using illu…
ISEF · 2025
Robotics and Intelligent Machines
The field of machine learning was founded with the purpose of bridging the gap between machine and biological processing. However, as certain algorithms see more success—and more funding as…
ISEF · 2025
Materials Science
If glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane's (GFRTPU) strength and strain are comparable to fiberglass epoxy resin, then GFRTPU should be considered a viable alternative material f…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Since the 1930s, antibiotics have revolutionized medicine and saved countless lives from bacterial infections. However, the rise of antimicrobial resistance has increasingly compromised thei…
ISEF · 2025
Plant Sciences
As humanity ventures into extraterrestrial agriculture and advances controlled-environment farming, understanding how plants integrate directional growth cues under altered abiotic condition…
ISEF · 2025
Microbiology
Halophiles have a vast range of uses, from biofuel production to pharmaceutical applications. Escherichia coli has one of the fastest duplication times of any organism, as low as twenty minu…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
This project investigates a scenario in which a group of houses is on fire, prompting the fire department to deploy helicopters. Each dispatch extinguishes the target house's fire, with each…
ISEF · 2025
Engineering Technology: Statics & Dynamics
In 2023, air travel contributed 2.5% of total CO2 emissions, significantly impacting climate change. Reducing aircraft drag decreases fuel consumption, which is critical as commercial airlin…
ISEF · 2025
Environmental Engineering
The causes of air pollution range from human activities to natural events. The experimental station is capable of simultaneously monitoring and correlating data on key environmental factors.…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare bone disorder caused by a mutation in the ACVR1 receptor, whose downstream signaling leads to excessive bone growth. The defining charac…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
This study is from 2023 IMO P5: “A Japanese triangle consists of 1+2+...+n circles arranged in an equilateral triangular shape, with each i th row containing exactly i circles, one of which…
ISEF · 2025
Chemistry
PFAS chemicals, or polyfluorinated substances, are commonly found in household products, such as non-stick cookware, waterproof materials, and fabrics. If soil samples from soybean and corn…
ISEF · 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Eutrophication poses serious threats to coastal ecosystems globally, highlighting the urgent need for innovative and sustainable wastewater treatment solutions under a changing climate. This…
ISEF · 2025
Physics and Astronomy
The greatest technological advancements on planet Earth are typically attributed to the honing of metalworking throughout history, leading to the development of modern machining, constructio…
ISEF · 2025
Translational Medical Science
Studies have shown that, compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the United States, Puerto Rican children have disparities that result in higher prevalence of chronic diseases and rates of…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease are all Neuro degenerative disorders, affecting millions worldwide, with no known cure despite ongoing resea…
ISEF · 2025
Behavioral and Social Sciences
This project looked at two neurodevelopmental disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder and Dyslexia, that both contain a hereditary component and frequently co-occur. The purpose of this project…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) is a staple supplement in cell culture, providing key growth factors that promote cell health and proliferation. Cell culture has been a cornerstone of biological sc…
ISEF · 2025
Mathematics
Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as an innovative and critical machine learning (ML) framework for addressing data privacy and security concerns in training ML models. Unlike traditional…
ISEF · 2025
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Alcohol consumption leads to complications in brain blood vessels and biological function, but how alcohol damages such vessels is unclear. Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signaling, regulated b…
ISEF · 2025
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The ketogenic diet is commonly used to prevent seizures in children with drug-resistant epilepsy. However, due to its unpleasant taste and difficulty in adherence, many children must receive…